http://bugs.openzim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21
Summary: Zimlib should allow to get/unpack only a part of a content Product: openZIM Version: unspecified Platform: PC OS/Version: Windows Status: NEW Severity: enhancement Priority: P5 Component: zimlib AssignedTo: tommi@tntnet.org ReportedBy: emmanuel@engelhart.org CC: dev-l@openzim.org Estimated Hours: 0.0
The zimlib needs to fully unpack a content before giving delivering it to a third part software.
This has many disadvantages especially if the content is big, a video for example: * This will need pretty much memory * This will take time * You do not have a random access (necessary to seek in an HTML5 video)
It would be a really good usability improvement to have a method which delivers only a part of any content.